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Thornton, Matthew

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FIDEFIDE 1808974· Male· Wales· Born in 2004

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Matthew Thornton, a 22-year-old player, is rated 1685 — just 7 short of his peak of 1692 (Oct 2025, age 21). He has held steady between 1650 and 1700 for 9 months. 12 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Richardson Cup 2026 Quarter-Final, 2025-26 SNCL Division 1 Rounds 3 and 4, and 2025 Newport Major. Also played 3 blitz events (including 2025 UK Open Blitz: Edinburgh Qualifier) recently.

Current rating

1685

Standard

Rpd—·Blz1627

All-time high

1692

−7 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 21

Activity

16

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#115,105

#115,105 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

6 entries
2025
All-time peak 1692
at age 21 · −7 from today
Oct 2025
37th 20-35 player nationally
at age 21 · rated 1691
Sep 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 21
Sep 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 21
Sep 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 21
Sep 2025
First FIDE rating
1691 · at age 21
Sep 2025

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Jan Alfred Klingelhoefer 1,897
Richardson Cup 2026 Quarter-Final · Mar 2026 · +10.9 Elo
Evolution
-6
1691 → 1685
Tournaments
4
12 games
Score
5/ 1241.7%
5W2D5L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAnay Misra1,804·2025 British Championship: Weekend Penrose Under 2000·R5·+26.3
2.[W]vsBen Radford1,734·2025 Newport Major·R5·+22.5
3.[W]vsRobert AJ Hurn1,679·2025 Newport Major·R3·+19.3

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Richardson Cup 2026 Quarter-Final
Team
Mar 20260.5/1#281897+11.2
2025-26 SNCL Division 1 Rounds 3 and 4
Team
Nov 20250/2#471117-17.2
2025 Newport Major
Open Swiss
Aug 20252.5/3#4116550.0
2025 British Championship: Weekend Penrose Under 2000
Open Swiss
Aug 20252/3#4217040.0
Worst Elo result: 2025-26 SNCL Division 1 Rounds 3 and 4 (-17.2 Elo, finished #47).

Rankings

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Wales
#162
out of 269 players
Europe
#80,310
in continent
World
#115,101
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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2,159
9
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10
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2,137
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162🇬🇧Thornton, Matthew1,685
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
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80310🇬🇧Thornton, Matthew1,685
World
1
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2,840
2
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3
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5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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115101🇬🇧Thornton, Matthew1,685